TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and January 2025,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                               =====                          =====================

                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of
                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                     -0.1          0.2                      -192          329

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -189          326
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -3            7
    Construction                                  -0.1          1.1                         1           82
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.5                       -46           59
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.5                       -15           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -31           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        47          138
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.8                         0           46
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.7                        13          109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.8                        34           55
    Information                                    0.2          1.1                         5           32
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.6                       -19           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.6                        -4           40
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          1.1                       -15           27
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.8                       -52          165
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                         8          101
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         2           20
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.5                         5           96
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.8         YES          -138          117         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.6                        -9           36
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.8         YES          -129          109         YES
    Other services                                 0.1          1.1                         9           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -3           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -6            6
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         3           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         3           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         0           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -48          109
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -230          201         YES
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        40          131
    West                                           0.1          0.4                        45          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 2025.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.